Quick Release for a Bandsaw Fence

[OldBow]

I use my bandsaw for everything from cutting frozen salmon to resawing lumber.
I especially need it to cut strips for bow laminations.
I never had a good fence before this idea out October, 2009 isssue of WOOD magazine.
Works really well. The clamp is easily removed and the fixed jaw re-attached to the tool for standard clamping.
The far end piece is a cleat that hangs down the backedge of the table.
Everything made from scraps.


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[Jesse]

Great idea. I have a fence but my neighbor doesn't on his. I'll show it to him

[Pat B]

Cool idea, Don. The fence on my saw is a joke. I'll give this a try.  Thanks!

[canidsong]

nice work.

it seems these days they make a jig and a tool for everything. to think i could have paid attention when older folks tried to show me how to do things right, it wouldn't have taken me as long to learn what i have.

my saw came with a quick release fence. it is probably the saw's only reliable feature

[OldBow]

You use the cross pins on the clamp like this:

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[Justin Snyder]

Nice....

[Grunt]

Nice to learn something new every day. Thanks for posting this cool tool.

[Badger]

   Don, I have a fence for my bandsaw but never use it for resawing thin strips because most bandsaws have a certain amount of run out. I use a V with the point right next to the blade. I move the point of the V away from the blade just the thickness of the lam I am cutting. It is very rare that I feed the board through straight, it is almost always a slight angle depending on the grain of the wood. If I do find I can push it through straight I switch to my fence. Fot a v I usually just use a 2X4 and lay it on my saw table at an angle so one of the corners is closest to the blade, then clamp it down. Steve

[Michael C.]

I was just trying to figure out how o make one of these, thanks.

[Tom Leemans]

Cool!